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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






2. English as a second language






3. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






4. Shakespeare - Samuel Johnson - first comprehensive dictionary of English - Noah Webster - first dictionary of American English - Oxford Dictionary published in full 1928






5. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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6. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






7. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






8. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






9. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






10. One of a class of speech sounds in which sound moving through the vocal tract is constricted or obstructed by the lips - tongue or teeth during articulation.






11. Ability to understand and express spoken language






12. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






13. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






14. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies

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15. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






16. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






17. Final stable syllable

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18. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






19. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






20. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






21. Teaching that uses all learning pathways in the brain (VAK-T) simultaneously in order to enhance memory and learning.






22. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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23. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






24. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






25. Feeling through fingertips






26. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






27. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






28. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






29. Closed syllable - open syllable - vowel- consonant-e - r controlled syllable - vowel team - final stable syllable






30. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






31. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






32. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






33. Academic Language Therapy Association






34. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






35. Individual Educational Plan






36. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






37. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






38. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






39. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






40. A test in which the results can be used to determine a student's progress toward mastery of a content area. performance is compared to an expected level of mastery in a content area rather that to other student's scores. Such tests usually include qu






41. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






42. A term coined by Stanovich to describe a phenomenon observed in findings of cumulative advantage for children who read well and have good vocabulary and cumulative disadvantage for those who have inadequate vocabularies and read less and thus have lo






43. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






44. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






45. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






46. Test of Word Reading Efficiency. Screening test. measures an individual's ability to pronounce printed words accurately and fluently. Generates percentiles - standard scores - age equivalents - and grade equivalents.Decoding - Sight words






47. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






48. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






49. State Board of Eduation






50. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn